Rail-joint.



L. BENNETT.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLIUATION FILED rBB.1o,1n1z.

Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

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RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of `Letters `Iacent.

Application tiled` February `10,l 1912. Serial No. 676,735.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it `known that: I,` LAWRENCE `lBnNNnrr,

a citizen of the United States 1of` America,

residing at I-Iughestomiyin` the county ofi Kanawha and State of WestVirginia, `have invented new and usefulImprovements in Rail-Joints, of which the `following 1is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in rail joints and `has particular` application to jumper track joints.`

Heretofore, the jumpertracksf thatyis the wooden tracks used `.in coal mines and the like in conjunction with the metal rails to facilitate the travel of the cars `to the face of the coal `have had their proximate ends nailed to ties inorder toprevent dis` placement of such rails. This nailing iof the jumper rails resultsin a `mutiliaation` sociated with the members `and operable to move the latter `into clamping engagement with the rails` so as1tosecurely hold the enablinf"` rails in track `formation thereby the cars to be brought. to the `face ofthe coal and securely hold the trails in position with-` out the use of nails or other cumbersome fastening devices whichlwould` .tend to mu-` tilate suclr` railsLi j With the above objects inview and others of a similar nature,` the inventionconsists in the construction, combinationzand arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth in and falling `within the scopeof the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part `of this specification; Figure lis a; broken perspective view :of a `jumper track c with the present invention.` Fig. 21

equippe is a transverse `section onfthe l1ne2+-2 of PatentenApr.15,191.3.1`

Fig.` 1. `Fig.` 3 is a detail perspective `lview.`

of therportableclamp,` and Fig. 4 isa similar view of fthe rail guide.`

Similar reference characters designate like i parts throughout the several views; l

Referring "tothe accompanying drawing 1 1n detail, and whereinhas Lbeen shown one 3 form of the `inventiom; the proximate or` meetlng ends of thejumper rails are desig1 nated at AjjA and theserails" are held 1n track formation or alinement through thel medium of myimproved clamp.

In the present instance, the clamp designated in general atB includes a pair of rela` tively1movable members 1 and 21such as plates andthese members are designedtol embrace theopposite sides of the railsatl I of the rails in track formation. In order the joint thereof to facilitate the joining to produce a clamping action upon the mem-` bers 1 and 2 ztobring the same into engage-` ment withz the rails, I `employ means des` signed formanual operation and adapted to move `the members into engagement` with adjacent rail lends. Inthis embodiment ofz the inventiom the manually operable means for producing such `clamping action consists of a substantially `U-shapeyoke 3 comprising j a connecting bar 4f `equipped at its opposite. end with right angular arms or limbs 5 and 6. This `yoke is designed to embrace the` members 1 and 2 andis `positioned belowthe rails at the meeting ends thereof. The plate 1 is preferably rigidly secured to thearm` 5 of the iyoke, `while the `arm 6 of such yoke is formedl with a threaded aperture 7 designed toreceive a manually operable `set screw 8 adapted to bear upon the plate` 2 so that inthe operation of the set screw, the

members 11and2 may be moved relatively itc` one another `and brought into engagement with the opposite` sides ofthe rails at the proximate ends thereof and disengaged from `the `endsof such rails in the reverse` operation ofi the set screw. l The members .l and2 are preferably equipped with rongs 9 arranged upon the inner surfaces t ereof and adaptedl `to bite into the wooden or jumper `rails Ain the` application of the clamp `to such rails, thus preventingcreep-` ing or other; movement` of the rails relative i tothe clamp in the assemblage ofthe parte.

In carrying out this invention, I make use of a gagewhich is used in conjunction With the clamp and isy (adapted to receive kthe free terminals of the rails forming each ps'i'devof the track at the'.l surface ,of -the coal,

so thatthe rails ofi-both sidesof the track may be held in parallel spaced relation to permit the proper traveling of the cars upon such railsf In the present instance, this gage comprisesy a connecting bar -lO `formed" at its opposite ends topprovideedge aliningl1 substantially rectangular rail guides 1l designed to receivel the free l ends of the end t jumper Vjrajilsgsadjtoegift the face 'of niet coal lt hold the ormerin spaced parallel relationsand track formation. v

While" I 'ha've L shown and described one formsof mylin'vention, I desire to have it bf l"lie detailsv herein shown and described,

inodipication fandvariation may `be made Within the scope of fthe claim Without de'-y in i'st'ood that Ifdon'otlimit myselfv to all parting from the spirit orsacrifcing any advantages of the invention: s

I claim: f v

of rectangular` formation,V of means lfor join-y ing the'nieeting ends, ofjsaid rails, and a gage formed from a single length of material and comprising a` connecting bar ter,- minally bent to provide rectangular guides i 25V The combination 'With jumper track rails adapted to snugly embrace the reeends of ,t h1s THOMAS X BOND.

y mark 4 n s Witnesses to mark ofThomas Bond:

Np.V C. VSAUNDERS7V l "JANET .'SAUNDERS.

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